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The U.S. healthcare system has long been criticized for its endless inefficiencies and rising costs. Endless horror stories have come out in recent years about people being saddled with six-figure debt from medical operations or dying because they couldn’t afford the life-saving medications...

Billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban has founded or invested early in hundreds of startup companies over the years. But only one of them, founded in January 2022, bears his name. The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. seeks to disrupt the $365 billion U.S. prescription drug market, which is rife...

The first iPhone came out in June 2007, and now 84% of Americans own a smartphone and many can’t imagine a world without them.  While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn’t make the first smartphone, it was the device that catapulted the technology to its modern-day success, quickly...

Disruption has been pretty commonplace lately.  The internet age has changed nearly everything in a few decades. Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP) disrupted and democratized owning a business. Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) democratized investing in stocks and crypto. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA)...

There may not be an investor anywhere who played the March 2020 COVID-induced market crash more deftly than Bill Ackman.  The founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management realized the seriousness of COVID-19 in February 2020 and bet against corporate bonds in anticipation of a major...

The S&P 500 dipped by 19% in 2022, but stocks still don’t seem cheap to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s billionaire partner at Berkshire Hathaway. “In my whole adult life, I have never hoarded cash, waiting for better conditions,” Munger said in an interview in late...

Many great startups were created because founders saw a problem with the world — often one that affects them — and decided to change it. This couldn’t be more true for John DeBenedette, founder of ABBY by GOGOTECH Inc., a startup creating a safe, advanced and affordable wheelchair...

More than 120,000 people die per year as a direct result of work-related stress, and 75% to 90% of doctor visits have a stress-related component, according to the American Institute of Stress.  These combined statistics result in a yearly healthcare cost to Americans totaling $190 billion. One...

Venture capital (VC) is a tough industry.  High-growth startups can be risky because they often rely on lots of VC money to fund their growth. Once the money runs out, they either need to be profitable, raise more, or go bankrupt because they expanded too fast and can’t support the...

Chances are, you’ve seen media reports of the viral artificial intelligence (AI) sensation ChatGPT, which launched in November last year.  The technology, which can almost instantly create thoughtful responses based on user prompts, is making a lot of creative professionals nervous....

Wefunder is one of the largest equity crowdfunding portals in the world, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for thousands of businesses across the United States. It has deal-flow connections at Y Combinator, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious startup accelerators, and dozens...

Startup investing is tricky business, but people who invest in the right companies can see incredible results.  While most public hedge funds and similar entities target a 7% to 10% return, seed and series A funds target anywhere from a 10% to 35% yearly return. This is because they typically...

It’s hard to make it in Silicon Valley when every startup is afraid to take your money. “Your dollars may be green,” one young startup CEO named Jake told twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. “But they’re marked.” As he explained, their 2011 meeting in Silicon...

Roughly 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental disorder in their lifetime, and 1 in 5 will experience mental illness within a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Anxiety, stress and depression are a daily struggle for millions of Americans, and...

Venture capital (VC) is a tough industry.  High-growth startups can be risky because they often rely on lots of VC money to fund their growth. Once the money runs out, they either need to be profitable, raise more, or go bankrupt because they expanded too fast and can’t support the...